Connors v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Drunken driving is extremely dangerous and presents a tremendous risk to the driving public. It is necessary that trial judges sentencing those convicted of driving offenses where intoxication plays a part give serious consideration to deterrence, both of the individual and of others, and to the affirmation of community norms.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sandahl v. Anchorage

2. “Criminally negligent homicide, (a) A person commits the crime of criminally negligent homicide if, with criminal negligence, he causes the death of another person. (b) Criminally negligent homicide is a class C felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sears v. State